Here is something simple you can check on your LM100 or SL4 gearbox if it seems to be slipping in forwards. Firstly, it shouldn’t slip. The gearbox has a pack of springs that hold the forward clutch in in the … Continue reading
This engine turned up with peculiar problems. We started with simple checks – does it turn over, has it got oil, that kind of stuff. Then securing the stop lever on the STOP stop (?) we cranked it over on … Continue reading
Dividing These parts came with the lathe, it took me a while to work out what they were for The graduated screw turns the worm wheel, in turn -er turning the mandrel. I have used this to make simple dials … Continue reading
Quite a lot of work here, although it doesn’t really show First off, this is an early MKI lathe, I have a manual for a later model. That includes a handy screwcutting table featuring ratios of 1:2, 1:1 and … Continue reading
This popped up on Ebay in 2013. It’s a quick change box for a LittleJohn MKII. Fortunately it came with a leadscrew, feed shaft and a bunch of bits around the changewheel end Mounting the box meant having to grind … Continue reading
This is an Ebay purchase, originally made for an Atlas lathe, there is a picture of a similar one on the excellent Lathes.co.uk website : It was mostly complete, I had to make up a new locking/unlocking mechanism, a new … Continue reading
I milled this from a solid piece of Meehanite. Lots of swarf, lots of cuts, plenty of fun I milled out the top of the carriage to allow the leadscrew nut to come as far out as possible, and fitted … Continue reading
Another adaption of George Thomas’s topslide design. I avoided having to cut a left hand leadscrew by cutting down a Boxford cross slide one. I cut the gears in cast iron, fitted thrust bearings and milled out the inside of … Continue reading
This was made by adapting the retracting topslide design by George Thomas in ‘The Model Engineers Workshop Manual’ – a bloody brilliant book The mechanism uses the existing cross slide screw, dial, handle and so on, replacing only the casting. The … Continue reading
Lots going on here, a few simple things first This handwheel came in a job lot of tools, materials and stuff off Freecycle. It makes traversing the carriage when feeding by hand a lot easier than the original Raglan ball … Continue reading